What's Up With Rapidshare? + New File Hosts

Thanks mokkoriman! I was using Internet Explorer - which I've always used. I tried Firefox and it works fine. Very odd that it doesn't work in IE... Anyway, I'm good for now. Thanks a lot!!

 

Luckily your problem seems to be solved, but as a sidenote: i see this message too from time to time (maybe once in two weeks, using FF). Then i just close it and try again and all works fine as usual.

Yeah, that's really pathetic, even if you hear that from some other newer hosters too.
Beside this UK ISP-blacklist problem (i read that now also oron and fileserve are on this list), FS is working very fine for me here (in the country where we always fail to win the FIFA world championship).
I started to add FS-mirrors to HF since i noticed that (for me) FS is constantly giving me better dl speeds than HF and their site features for uploaders (file management, statistics) are far better than HF.
It is really sad that they ruin their (slowly increasing) "reputation" by treating their paying customers that bad.

In the meantime i would prefer FS to HF, but i always suggest to subscribe for a short-timed membership first (even if it's more expensive) to see if everything works fine with a hoster.

 

Anyone notice that - since the legal Hotfile scare - that Hotfile links are getting deleted and becoming offline much faster than usual?

 

Just for your information .. filesonic has given uploaders the ability to change the free user limit from 400mb to 1GB.

News
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Dear Valued Partners,

We?re pleased to announce one of the biggest changes since FileSonic?s launch!

There was an ongoing debate amongst online communities about whether we should allow free users to download files up to 1GB, or keep it at 400MB. We?ve listened to your feedback closely, and conducted analysis on our end to find the best set up to benefit all of our affiliates.

We have decided to give you, our partners, the ability to choose if you want to keep a limit of 400MB for free users, or raise that limit to 1GB. Simply go to your ?Settings? page to increase the maximum allowable file size for free users. With this new feature, you will be able to share your large files with your family and friends without having to split them ? if you chose to. We trust that this will make the FileSonic experience much a much better for one for all!

 

With the lawsuit I heard coming against Hotfile and this change with Filesonic I think HF should rethink their stinking rank system what do you guys think?

 

I get the exact same message and I've tried IE and Firefox. I'm also a UK user. It's a shame because all the files I try to download seem to be Filesonic.

 

It is known that Filesonic is banned in the UK by all the internetproviders,
I dont know why, but this is a big step into more censoreship to the internet.

And if you really need support and help regarding filesonic than you can go here:
http://www.wjunction.com/showthread.php?t=48905&page=390
The Filesonic admin will help you like he helped me.

@Mod if its not allowed to link to other forum please remove my postet link

 

Anybody followed the latest changes/discussions over at pbb?
If this is all true (new admin there is the same guy that took over f-o, paid by oron) then it is just a matter of time that phun.org will be bought by oron too, the old mod crew is fired, rules are changed and than we all can download everything we want (from oron)

 

I know that and I'm pretty shocked what are they thinking!!

 

I really hope that this place will stay away from Oron and it's owners!!!

Someone wrote:

"In Russia you don't choose filehost - filehost chooses YOU!!!"

 

Policy of Terminating Accounts - Update
2011-02-19
Hotfile.com has always maintained a policy of terminating the accounts of users found to have engaged in repeated copyright infringement.
Our Terms of Service, to which all users must agree, prohibit using Hotfile.com to share content to which users do not have intellectual property rights. Recently, we have become concerned that despite these policies, some users persist in attempting to use Hotfile.com to share materials to which they do not have the necessary rights. Therefore, we have implemented a more aggressive policy of terminating the accounts of users who are the subject of repeated complaints of infringement.

Please ensure that you have all necessary rights to any content that you
share with others using Hotfile.com.

 

you will never know .. nobody can resist money

 

Well this sucks @ most sites i go to HF is down.

Which one is better overall filesonic.com or fileserve

 

I think iam gonna stop upload on Hotfile look here:
http://www.wjunction.com/showthread.php?t=69356

 

Filesonic, Fileserve and Oron cannot be accessed by free users in the UK. It has been like that for a while now, and the workarounds don't work.

 

Thanks for that link. But to be true, i'm not surprised that accounts that get you 500$ a week are closed down (even if it might be only 200$).
There's really no need to complain cause everybody knows why they get closed: don't get too greedy.
It's the old hide and seek game, so i guess there's nothing to worry about for average uploaders.

 

With Hotfile deleting account (though its too late because they didnt repected dmca and didnt delete files on time ) and nobody posting hf links anymore would be great to allow another host here.

Now this forum is only a filesonic exclusive as all the other allowed host dont have a decent affiliate program.
Should allow some other popular host such as fileserve,or depositfiles for example as there is lot of issue with filesonic.

 

Right... because rather than worry about download speed, connectivity strength, ease of use or general quality of service, the most important thing is to find a host with a decent affiliate program. :31:

Well, at least you have your priorities in order.

 

You have misunderstood what I meant ( and my english isnt good enough)
In this forum allowed host are Filesonic, megaupload, zshare, rapid , mediafire and hotfile.

But 90% of the files posted are all with filesonic , not because its has the best service for users , its because they pay a lot for affiliate so people only post as many FS links as they can. The 10% left is from users who post hotfile mirrors because they cant repost the same file with same host and so they still can earn little money with hotfile links.

With hotfile deleting account nobody using it anymore and nobody will ever use the other host.
Just check the post made in the last 6 month, I challenge anyone to find rapid, zshare or mediafire links. Nobody use them its just like if there were only 2 allowed host in this forum.
Just a very few post megaupload links ( I can bet anything you want there is less than 5 users still posting megaupload links here)

Posters dont care at all about speed, connectivity etc...
99% of them only post to earn money so they will only use host providing good affiliate program.
In this forum only 2 host have a real affiliate program, now 1 down only remains Filesonic which have lot of download issue.

So really need to allow other host which have real affiliate program and provide good download service for free users as well to have alternative links for people who cant download with filesonic at all.

I really think depositfiles is a must have host both real affiliate program and good download service (in my case)
Multiupload is in my opinion the best one for free users, but nobody will use it.
other host like Oron are just real crap, pay very well like filesonic but really the worst service I ve ever see.

 

No I'm pretty sure I understand your intentions quite well, but let's see where this goes...

Yup, I do understand what other posters are doing with Filesonic and why some people are posting Hotfile links, sure.

We'll see how drastic the changes of Hotfile are in a month or so. Yes, the deleting of accounts is upsetting and if it continues then you're probably right that no one will use Hotfile to host files here in the future.

There are people still posting on Rapidshare - it's a very small amount of people, but you can still find Rapidshare links.

And while I disagree that "less than 5 users" still post on Megaupload, I understand your point that Megaupload isn't used as often as Filesonic. So far, I understand everything you've said.

And I understand this point as well - but I disagree with one point and you're quite wrong with another.

As I post here every week or so, I consider myself a regular poster. So I CARE about speed and connectivity.

As for the rest of the posters, yeah you're probably right - 99% only do care about earning money.

As for affiliate programs, Hotfile, Filesonic and Megaupload have affiliate programs. Megaupload's affiliate program may not be as generous or "real" to you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have one.

I will agree that Phun may need to allow another host depending what happens in a month or so to Hotfile. And I completely agree that if there is another host added, it should provide a good download service for free users and serve as an alternate to people who can't download from Filesonic at all. Basically, 75% of the UK can't download stuff from Filesonic.

Yup, and I understand your point here. I don't think Multiupload is an actual "filehost", but rather a service that allows uploaders to upload files on multiple filehosts at the same time. And yes, Oron is one of the worst filehost out there, especially for free users.

I understand your intentions as well. You really want to see Depositfiles added here to Phun because you believe it has a real affiliate program and good download service. I don't know about Depositfiles affiliate program, but their download quality (for me) is just average... during certain parts of the day, they are as fast as Hotfile - but most of the time for me, they're pretty slow. But filehost speed is dependent on location as well, so you're probably closer to the depositfiles servers than I am.
Final point here, IF Phun were to add Depositfiles, I wouldn't have any issue with that and, depending on the downloading experience here by Phun users, if they don't have issues downloading with Depositfiles then I might possibly use it to upload as well. I completely understand what you've said and all your points.

So with that all said, here's the difference between you and me at Phun.

You personally care about filehosts affiliate programs - I personally DON'T care.

You think affiliate programs are just as important as speed, quality of service and accessibility to free users. I DON'T think affiliate programs are just as important - in fact, I believe it's more important to have good speed, solid quality, and my files accessible to all free users OVER any type of insignificant cents anyone makes on any affiliate program.

Finally, you are more concerned about the needs for the posters here at a Phun. I'm more concerned about the needs for the downloaders here at Phun.

Now, neither of us is wrong or right here - we're just different in the ways we approach our experience here at Phun. And hopefully, whatever changes that are made to filehost and posting policy here at Phun in the future won't drastically affect our enjoyment posting here at Phun.